Author Archives: Clarissa Winchester

This is the fourth post in the series. If you have missed one so far, scroll to the bottom of this post to check the others out. Because of a post that I wrote about the lies we tell ourselves, I was inspired to break things down and address each of these excuses one by…

So if you haven’t been keeping up with the series, then you’ll want to click on the links below after this post is done. Okay…next up…is the angry family “excuse” why you cannot lose weight: “My family would disown me if I tossed their junk food and fed them healthy meals.” Sorry, but I call…

If you haven’t read the previous excuse, click the link before: Quit With All Your Lies – The Time Problem So, the next problem that some of my clients have shared in why they are unable to care for themselves is “My spouse/partner likes me this way and doesn’t want me to change. If…

Attention to my night shift workers: This series will NOT be pretty, but it is very necessary. Back in January, I wrote a blog post that discussed making your WHY bigger than your LIE. After writing this post, the message sat on my heart for a good while. As a coach, I continue to see…

We all have them. They can be simple. They can be super fancy. They can hold enough for one serving, or enough to carry you all day and night. They contain shafts to hold fruit that will flavor your water. They even have accessories that flash when you haven’t taken a drink in a while.…

Yes…Clarissa is about to go there…again. Why is it that we GLADLY entertain lies that we tell ourselves about why we cannot have great health? Like: “I have kids and I REFUSE to waste food, so I am going to eat what they left on their plates.” “There aren’t enough hours in the day for…

My dinner this week was 100% inspired by a cooking class. Back in November, my husband and I went with my closest friend and her man (now fiance) to a cooking class at Sur la Table. The class was “Fresh and Flavorful Thai”. Chef Tyler taught us to make 4 dishes that day: Larb…

First day of 2018 – left as fast as it came. Here’s what I had planned to do: Wake up. Workout. Bring hubby breakfast in bed. Watch the Parade of Roses. Crochet a cute poncho for me to keep me warm in 10 degree weather. Finish my video script for an upcoming workshop. Listen to…

I’m kicking myself. On the day before Christmas, I completed pulling off a feat of amazing proportions. I crocheted 5 winter hats, all with Pom-Poms, for all the teen and tween girl cousins in my family…in 6 days. It usually takes me over 2 weeks to do a project like that, simply because I am…

I’m from Alabama. Alabama doesn’t get snow that often, and when we do, we have to shut down all the non-essential places or we will have a “Snow-pocalypse” situation like we did in 2014. (I have a story about that, but that is another blog for another day.) Anyway, we were scheduled to have snow…